Espanyol Barcelona

Espanyol midfielder Joan Verdu has said that with his side in the midst of a relegation battle he will not make any decision on signing a new contract in the near future. Negotiations over an extension to Verdu's deal have dragged on for months, but with Los Pericos just a point above the drop zone he doesn't believe now is the time to be making any definitive decision on his future. "My agent now knows what my priority is but neither will he close any doors. He will continue moving to get the best for me. A few things came up but I said to him to discard everything, he knows as I do that this is not the moment to talk about such things."